Duke Ellington

LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs
HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY
THE WAY THIS MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD
180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

4 STARS DOWN BEAT original review: SIDE BY SIDE
“These are worthy additions to Ellington disciana. The best of the batch, “Stompy Jones”, is played with more deliberation than the Ellington band used on it almost 30 years ago. These are warm, satisfying performances.”- JOHN S. WILSON

PERSONNEL:

A1-A2 & A4
Duke Ellington (p), Johnny Hodges (as), Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp)
Les Spann (g, fl on 4), Al Hall (b), Jo Jones (d).
New York, February 20, 1959.

A3 & B1-B5:
Johnny Hodges (as), Roy Eldridge (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Ben Webster (ts)
Billy Strayhorn (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Jo Jones (d).
New York, August 14, 1958.

BONUS TRACK (B6):
Johnny Hodges (as), Roy Eldridge (tp), Ray Nance (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb),
Ben Webster (ts), Billy Strayhorn (p), Jimmy Woode (b),
Sam Woodyard (d). New York, September 10, 1958.

SIDE A:
1. STOMPY JONES (Duke Ellington) 6:41
2. SQUEEZE ME (Fats Waller-Clarence Williams) 4:39
3. BIG SHOE (Jimmy Hamilton) 5:35
4. GOING UP (Duke Ellington) 4:55

SIDE B:
1. JUST A MEMORY
(B. G. DeSylva-Lew Brown-Ray Henderson) 5:55
2. LET’S FALL IN LOVE (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) 6:48
3. RUINT (Johnny Hodges-Mercer Ellington) 2:35
4. BEND ONE (Johnny Hodges) 3:01
5. YOU NEED TO ROCK (Johnny Hodges) 5:51
6. THREE AND SIX (Billy Strayhorn) 2:22 *